ReidSpeed WGI quick recap (two vids inside)

[fasthonda]

hi mark!

no, i don't double clutch in the honda;  i do match revs, though (heel N toe).  and i particularly shift slower/gentlier, and more carefully in the rain.....  i try to make it as seamless as possible going down thru the gears as i can in the rain, because it is very easy to jerk the car, or lock the wheels in that car.....

when it is dry, i shift up and down a bit faster (but still what alot of folks might call 'slow') -- i want my gear boxes to last a LONG time, and the best way to accompish that is to change fluids regularly, and to shift nice and smooth and softly!;  the loud 'click' you can hear in the video is the metal gas pedal striking the metal floorboards;  when you hear that, you know i am 'to the wood!!!'.

the gearbox in the honda (the original one that came with that motor) has about 10k track miles, at least, on it.  it shifts amazingly smoothly and perfectly;  it is one of the best shifting cars i have ever driven!   oh, and it is a 6 speed -- once up to speed at the Glen, i only use 4th, 5th, and 6th (i do shift often, to keep it in the power band;  its only a stock 2 liter 4 cyl with some bolt-ons, after all!   ).

a typical lap would go like this:

passing the front straight start/finish line i would upshift to 6th.  then downshift to 5th, then 4th for T1.  then upshift to 5th, and then shortshift to 6th just before T2.  i carry 6th all the way up the esses to the brake zone of the bus stop, and down shift to 5th for the bus stop.  i carry 5th all the way thru the outer loop, and downshift to 4th for T6 (if i had on good tires, i would keep it in 5th for T6, cause i could carry another 5-8 mph thru there).  i upshift to 5th after T6, and then downshift to 4th for the Toe.  i upshift to 5th at track out of the Toe, and then into 6th about 3/4 of the way up the Sole.  down to 5th, then 4th for T8, and upshift to 5th briefly before T9.  then back down to 4th for T9, and upshift to 5th half way to T10.  hold 5th gear thru T10, and then down to 4th for T11 (i'd keep it in 5th here with better tires), upshifting to 5th at trackout.  and back into 6th just past halfway down the front straight.  that's a typical lap!!!!

todd

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